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Kim Dotcom, the former founder of defunct file hosting service Megaupload and its successor Mega, just lost another court battle to avoid extradition to the US on charges of copyright infringement and fraud.

As 12 boys and their soccer coach wait to be rescued from a submerged cave in northern Thailand, officials may be forced into action due to expected heavy rains in the coming days. The situation is grave, given a medical...

In recent years, Nerf has added some gigantic blasters to its lineup, at times necessitating the need for a shoulder strap. But they still can't compare to one of YouTube's Ryan & David's recent creations: a four-foot lo...

About a month ago, rumors leaked that Apple was testing green and purple paint jobs for the next batch of iPhones, and while it seemed like a stretch, new info from noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has now added a bit mo...

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Toys 'R' Us is calling it quits in the US, but Amazon is apparently ready to pick up the slack. Bloomberg tipsters have asserted that Amazon is planning to mail a holiday toy catalog to "millions" of American homes and (...

E-commerce giant Amazon, which remains determined to cannibalize what's left of the brick-and-mortar competitors it helped kill off, may be making a move on the turf formerly occupied by bankrupt retail chain Toys "R" Us...

For years, Facebook has insisted that it isn't a publisher or media company but rather is just a platform. That position appears to have changed in a recent court appearance. The Guardian pointed out the social media gia...

A new animation helps us visualize just how massive the Mars dust storm is. This storm, which obscured the Sun and resulted in NASA’s Opportunity rover going into a deep sleep, at one point was “only” as big as Nor...

Whether it's rovers rolling about on Mars, probes drilling into asteroids, or Tesla Roadsters drifting through space, it's clear that our activities in the Solar System are changing. Accordingly, methods and rules to pre...

It's that time again--time to relearn how your MoviePass subscription works.

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A study was published this week that surveyed the potential for unwanted multimedia recordings in phones by Android apps. Having worked with 17,260 apps in all, this study group’s results might at first seem exceedingl...

With ZTE currently operating on a lifeline in the form of a temporary reprieve from the company's seven-year ban on purchasing components made by U.S. companies, there's absolutely no room for any sort of messing about.

Like many Americans, I used my Fourth of July holiday to perform my patriotic duty and watch a summer blockbuster, in this case, Pixar's Incredibles 2. Overall, I found the movie to be an improvement over its (pretty goo...

Researchers have created a type of solar cell that can convert light into energy even in overcast conditions. Unlike commonly used solar products, these newly developed solar cells feature living organisms, making them �...

The council tasked with ensuring consistency in criminal sentences in England and Wales has provided instruction on how courts should handle revenge porn cases: harshly.

Skype is catching up with pretty much every other chat program on the planet by finally adding read receipts. When someone has seen your message, their avatar will pop up below, so you can see at a glance how up to date ...

In Washington state, a coalition has taken a variety of opinions and merged them into something extraordinary. The first "carbon fee" in the nation will be debated across the state as Washington voters decide what side o...

An instructor of mine once compared mixing a song to baking a cake. The various tracks are the ingredients, and once everything is mixed and baked, as with a cake, those ingredients can't be deconstructed. Or can they? A...

It isn’t exactly a secret that Rocket League is one of the biggest games around. Three years out from its 2015 release and the game still regularly ranks among the top 10 most-played games on Steam, while it’s found ...

I have been fascinated by the concept of lawnmower racing since high school, when a guy in my grade, who called me "Vroom Vroom" because I liked NASCAR and often yelled "VROOM VROOM!" over everyone's heads to get my atte...